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A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists.
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Semyon Svashenko
- Timosh - the Ukrainian
- (as S. Svashenko)
Georgi Khorkov
- A Red Army Soldier
- (as G. Khorkov)
Amvrosi Buchma
- Laughing-Gassed German Soldier
- (as A. Buchma)
Dmitri Erdman
- A German Officer
- (as D. Erdman)
Sergey Petrov
- A German Soldier
- (as S. Petrov)
M. Mikhajlovsky
- A Nationalist
- (as Mikhajlovsky)
Aleksandr Evdakov
- Tsar Nikolas II
- (as A. Evdakov)
Luciano Albertini
- Raffaele
- (uncredited)
Nikolai Kuchinsky
- Symon Petliura
- (uncredited)
Pyotr Masokha
- Workman
- (uncredited)
Osip Merlatti
- The actor Sadovsky
- (uncredited)
Nikolai Nademsky
- Grandpa
- (uncredited)
Aleksandr Podorozhnyy
- Pavloo
- (uncredited)
Boris Zagorsky
- Dead Soldier
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film concerns an episode in the Russian Civil War in 1918 in which the Kiev Arsenal January Uprising of workers aided the besieging Bolshevik army against the Ukrainian national Parliament Central Rada who held legal power in Ukraine at the time.
- GoofsIn a scene early in the film, a soldier lies dead, covered with sand, but the sand can be seen to rise and fall with the actor's breathing.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Last Bolshevik (1993)
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Brilliant, multi-layered masterpiece
For several years I had a decent quality print on video and was always fascinated by this film. Very few motion pictures are as visually striking and intense, but little of the story came through. I just purchased the DVD and the audio commentary track by Vance Kepley really illuminated "Arsenal". Undoubtedly the finest commentary I've yet heard. If this classic movie isn't your cup of tea, get the DVD anyway. Dovzhenko was an artist like few others. His work really deserves rediscovery; hopefully future releases of "Zvenigora", "Earth" and "Aerograd" will have Kepley's commentary as well. But even as they are, Dovzhenko's films are truly essential.
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- sean4554
- Sep 1, 2007
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- Арсенал
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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